Janice Merrill Allred (born in 1947) is an excommunicated Latter Day Saint, theologian, writer, and Mormon feminist.
in English from Brigham Young University (BYU), and some of her writings have been collected in God the Mother, and Other Theological Essays (Signature Books: 1997).
Allred was in Mexico City at the time, but faced a series of disciplinary councils on her return to Utah.
Though her work had been criticized by church president Gordon B. Hinckley,[2] Allred was initially placed on probation (a temporary and relatively minor punishment) in October 1994.
[3][4] In addition to her theological work, Allred has criticized the LDS Church for alleged instances of child abuse.